ACROSS
4 - Label the French pot back on the work surface (8) - {TAB}{LE}{TOP<-} )
8 - Seven thousand turn wealthy in the Swiss city (6) - {Z}{U}{RICH}
9 - Hostile separation of a boxer in the English country (10) - {ALI}{E}{NATION}
10 - Measure the paper on the large trees (4) - {EL}{MS}
11 - Cut of meat between head and body (4) - NECK
13 - Destroyed a lodge, long existing (3,3) - AGE OLD*
15 - One having water-jets to massage you (7) - JACUZZI [E]
17 - Deity in rath-yatra march (4) - RAMA [T]
18 - Arab genius on dry land (4) - {AR}{ID}
19 - Educator has a prepay blog regularly for hundreds at the end of the day (7) - {P}{E}{A}{B}{O}{D}{Y}
21 - Twenty in to share the large appliance (6) - SHA{K}ER*
22 - Spell creator from Taiwan democracy (4) - WAND [T]
25 - Very neat half part of flower (4) - STEM Anno pending (Correction - [b]PRIM[/b](-rose) - Thanks to Suresh)
26 - Degrades the university mates surrounding one student intellectual primarily following Henry (10) - {H}{U}{M{I}{L}{I}ATES}
27 - Allow back the girl in to use the language (6) - {TEL<-}U{G}U I suppose the U's are from (~use)
28 - Journalist returns with one in to shout for the mid-day meal (8) - {DE<-}JE{UN}ER
DOWN
1 - A last letter to note about a member of the Mexican Indian people (5) - {A}{Z}{TE}C Don't know from where C came (Addendum - See comments for origin of C)
2 - It is felt during an earthquake (6) - TREMOR [E]
3 - Follow the cash out in England (5) - CHAS*{E}
4 - Quick method for the translation of ninetynine of Mozart’s works (5) - TR{IC}K Anno pending
5 - Indian state has one official language (7) - BENGAL{I}
6 - Whatever happens, somehow wait here at the end of the day (6,3) - EITHER WA*{Y}
7 - Vitamin in the blood group of the heads of village officers has a yellow pigment (9) - {O}{VO}{FLAVIN}
12 - Dark oil in raw state (5) - CRUDE [E]
14 - Used as a weekend home land for some! (9) - FARMHOUSE [E]
15 - Bend in the tool (4,5) - JACK KNIFE [E]
16 - Unknown bare form of an animal (5) - {Z}EBRA*
19 - Hand-woven rugs for painters to design time (7) - PERSIAN(-t)*
20 - Element to stop one in doubt (6) - LITMUS [E] (Correction - [b]{BAR}{I}{UM[/b] - Thanks to Suresh)
22 - Substance needed for survival — not solid! (5) - WATER [DD]
23 - Furniture pieces in secluded retreats (5) - NESTS Anno pending
24 - To inspire one doctor you see at last (5) - {I}{MB}{U}{E}
GRID
A 'nest' is a set of things (eg boxes or tables) fitting one within another.
ReplyDeleteNo comment on the clue itself, Deepak.
about gives C as c. is 'circa'.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's ca. in book references.
'ninetynine' is not IC in Roman notation.
ReplyDeleteChaturvasi,
ReplyDeleteIC is ninety nine as I = One and C = Hundred, so when you write 99 in Roman numerals it is IC same as IL is 49
I always forget that C Circa is used for about, don't know how many times I must have questioned it :-(
ReplyDeleteDeepak,
ReplyDeleteI disagree!
Please google for 'Arabic/Roman numerals converter' and see what is 99.
Got the point, but with NJ I suppose anything is acceptable
ReplyDeleteHere is an explanation why 99 is not IC
ReplyDelete"A smaller number in front of a larger number means subtraction, all else means addition. For example, IV means 4, VI means 6.
You would not put more than one smaller number in front of a larger number to subtract. For example, IIV would not mean 3.
You must separate ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands as separate items. That means that 99 is XCIX, 90 + 9, but never should be written as IC. Similarly, 999 cannot be IM and 1999 cannot be MIM."
Ms NJ are you listening?
25 A is prim half of primrose not stem
ReplyDelete20d would be barium Bar i um
ReplyDelete21 Across - Twenty in to share the large appliance (6) - SHA{K}ER*
ReplyDeleteDid not get this. Twenty does not seem to have a Roman numeral. Besides K = one thousand. Can anyone clear my doubt?
Richard
Thanks Suresh, too many slips on my part today, but NJ makes one careless
ReplyDeleteHi all,
ReplyDeleteI am off to the 'Sun city' of Jodhpur to attend the raising day celebrations of my old army unit. Will be back only on the 6th night, accordingly my posts till the 6th may get delayed, all depends on net-connectivity in that area
Have a great holiday, Colonel. We'll keep the blog alive and active while you are away
ReplyDeleteI too join in wishing you a great time. We will always be proud of our valiant men and women defending our frontiers, seas and skies.
ReplyDeleteA big salute to all of them.
Richard
I don'k know how K is twenty and also don't know how Z is seven thousand
ReplyDeleteNow that the boss is away, I am seeking others' help.
ReplyDeleteI had put up two posts yesterday, Tue Sep 29, re: 'backside' and 'pull'. In all likelihood, they have missed your eyes, since they were posted towards the end of the day.
Will be pleased to get some responses.
Richard
Thanks Richard,
ReplyDeleteI don't have to be away for discussions to take place, anyone and everyone is free to air their views or criticise constructively
Richard, I did not think your comment on backside was a query. I thought it was a bit of humour.What is the doubt?
ReplyDeletePull is a bit wierd.I don't have an answer
Suresh
ReplyDeleteI was referring to the rampant abusage of the word 'b....' to mean the rear part or portion of anything, while it explicitly means the rear part of the human anatomy.
I wanted to know if the rest of you agreed with me on this point.
Richard
In the clue backside refers to the letters b and s which are excluded in the anagram
ReplyDeleteI had got the b s clue at once yesterday. But my query was totally outside the crossword perspective.
ReplyDeleteWhat does one assume from the expression 'back side of pop star'? The clue could have been put in a different way.
Richard
Maybe
ReplyDeleteRichard,
ReplyDeleteI have added two comments but inadvertently under yesterday's blog.
Deepak,
I don't think there is anything unacceptable in those posts but please feel free to remove any of them in case you feel fit.
Voila. Eureka.
ReplyDeleteAnno for Trick.
Tr for translation, IC for 99,(debatable?), and K for Kochel Verzeichnis, indicated by the letter K or KV, which is a chronological listing of all Mozart's works. Ref. Wikipedia page on 'List of Compositionsby Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'